Meanings
comparative more locally · superlative most locally
- With respect to place; in place.
These things are locally separated.
- In or from the local area.
We live locally, so I always bank locally.
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In this shop we only sell products farmed locally.
She became disrespectfully referred to locally as the "Crab" on account of her extraordinary manoeuvrability.
1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82“Temu’s pricing for U.S. consumers remains unchanged as the platform transitions to a local fulfillment model,” the company said in a statement. “All sales in the U.S. are now handled by locally based sellers, with orders fulfilled from within the country.”
2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNNThe spending in and around local stations is creating micro-economies that are benefiting Great Britain's high streets, independent businesses and economic growth, both locally and on a national level.
2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58 - medicineIn a restricted part of the body.
To be applied locally
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Puri et al demonstrated that intravesically administered apaziquone is well tolerated locally and systemically, and it has ablative activity for superficial bladder cancer marker lesions.
2015 July 25, “Anticancer Activity of Apaziquone in Oral Cancer Cells and Xenograft Model: Implications for Oral Cancer Therapy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI - mathematical analysisWithin a sufficiently small sphere (or circle or interval) around a given point (sometimes, around any point).
locally Euclidean
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbto a restricted area of the body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishlocal
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishlocally
Translations
Catalan localment, localment
- localmentwith respect to place
- localmentin or from the local area
Czech lokálně
- lokálněwith respect to place
Finnish paikallisesti
- paikallisestiwith respect to place
French localement
- localementwith respect to place
Italian localmente, localmente
- localmentewith respect to place
- localmentein or from the local area
Latin localiter
- localiterin or from the local area
Polish lokalnie
- lokalniewith respect to place
Portuguese localmente
- localmentewith respect to place
Spanish localmente
- localmentein or from the local area
Cite this entry
locally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locally
“locally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locally. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “locally,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locally.
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